Napoli have had an €18million (£15.5m) offer for Brazilian international Leandro Damiao rejected.

The Internacional striker is a wanted man, with Tottenham and Southampton also keen on his services, but the Brazilian club have reiterated that he is not for sale.

Internacional’s sporting director Luis Cesar Souto seemed unimpressed with Napoli’s bid after he revealed that the approach had been turned down.

‘We had a verbal offer presented by Napoli of €18million,’ Souto said. ‘We do not accept that this is Leandro’s true value. What Napoli have offered is very far from what we expected the bid to be.’

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Damiao was thought to be on the verge of a move to Spurs in the previous transfer window, but the move broke down before a deal could be reached due to the complicated nature of the player’s third-party ownership.